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单词 wacke
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wacke

[ wak-uh ]
/ ˈwæk ə /
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noun

a poorly sorted sandstone containing fragments of rock and minerals in a clayey matrix.
Compare graywacke.

Origin of wacke

1795–1805; <German: a kind of stone

Words nearby wacke

wabble, wabbly, Wac, Wace, wack, wacke, wacked-out, wack job, wacko, wacky, wacky tobacky
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Example sentences from the Web for wacke

  • The material of the rock here is wacke, in which there are many flints.

    Travels Through North America, v. 1-2|Berhard Saxe-Weimar Eisenach
  • Wackelfiguren means figures made of Wacke, a greenish-gray mineral, soft and easily broken.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865|Various
  • Wacke, wak′e, n. German miners' term for a soft, grayish kind of trap-rock.

    Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various

British Dictionary definitions for wacke

wacke
/ (ˈwækə) /

noun

obsolete any of various soft earthy rocks that resemble or are derived from basaltic rocks

Word Origin for wacke

C18: from German: rock, gravel, basalt
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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